Tim Burton to reimagine Sleeping Beauty

Tim Burton is looking to re-interpret 'Sleeping Beauty' into a new story. The director would like to put a twist on the fairy tale - about a sleeping princess rescued and awoken by a handsome prince - by telling it from the perspective of the film's villain, Maleficent.

Within the tale, Maleficent - the self-proclaimed 'Mistress of Evil' - curses the infant Princess Aurora, the story's protagonist, to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall eternally asleep before the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday. It is likely that the film will include some 3-D effects, as 'Sweeney Todd' director Tim has recently said he'd like to incorporate the futuristic technology into his future projects. He said: "I like the 3-D aspect of it, I think it fits the material very well, and it doesn't give me a headache like it used to. I think it's good for anything. There are other uses than having spears stuck into your face - I think there are more visceral, emotional uses, especially if you use lots of textures."

I didn't add that movie though, because it didn't really pertain to the theme parks. If you want to add it, it's cool, the list I was working on is for just theme park stuff. We can watch other Disney stuff, of course.

Which is something we didn't talk about, but Disney is fasttracking the movie to DVD/Bluray, pulling it from theaters earlier than they could so they can start selling copies. One thing I haven't heard is if this was shot in 3D like Avatar, or if it was added later like Clash of the Titans.